Anthology Contest – Igor among the winners!

Anthology Contest – Igor among the winners!

Here’s the thing. Some time ago, SFFWorld.com has organized and launched an on-going writing contest, called The End – a short story apocalyptic anthology featuring speculative fiction written by the site’s forum members. Stories, ranging in size from 2,000 to 5,000 words, are submitted via three contests on the Writing Forum of SFFWorld.com, revolving around Earth, Wind and Fire elements. Guess what, I participated in the recent Wind contest part, and I’m one of the three selected winners!

Anthology, teaser

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I finished Book Two!

I finished Book Two!

Ladies and gents, some really good news! Last week, I have finally and fully completed writing the sequel to The Betrayed, which will become a second book in The Lost Words series, to remain unnamed at this point. Draft one was already complete last month, but then I set about reading and fixing little things, a touch here and there, polishing some of the sub-plots, adding an extra ounce of flesh and lore to make it more believable and interesting.

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A highly negative review of The Betrayed – take a look

A highly negative review of The Betrayed – take a look

This is an excerpt from an article posted at Dedoimedo.com – Anyhow, several days ago, I received a highly negative Kirkus Indie Review of my book, The Betrayed. Now, the review policy allows authors not to publish negative review, to save face, so to speak. Since I’m not a pussy and do not fear criticism, I decided to tell you all about it, every little detail. But there’s more. I would like to elaborate on my experience with the review service so that if you ever need it, you give it a pass.

First, this article is ripe with drama, so if you only care for technical pieces, feel free to skip it. Second, it is important for me to convey the right message: so if you want the gist of it, scroll down to the conclusion section, or read the whole thing. Finally, if you are one of those people who dislike me or dislike this site for some reason, this is a great opportunity for you to lean back and enjoy the show. It’s called how Dedoimedo Got Shafted.

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Reviews are a-coming!

Reviews are a-coming!

All right, time to talk about reviews. Book reviews. This is the new category on the website, which I will be updating periodically with new information, editorials and opinions by readers, fans, haters, or maybe even professionals, should they deign to take my book for a spin. Or books, rather. But for now, it’s The Betrayed, and later on, the category will grow to include the sequels, too. So let’s see what people had to say.

The Betrayed starred rating from Amazon teaser

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The Betrayed giveaway results

The Betrayed giveaway results

Something amazing happened. Apparently, the free label has its charms. And for three days, from June 26 to June 28, people from all over the world flocked to The Betrayed Amazon.com page to get the Kindle edition of the book for zero money. As you recall, I made the book freely available as part of the Dedoimedo’s sixth year birthday celebration. So what happened during these three jolly days? Well, among other things, the book peaked as high as spot #3 in the Epic Fantasy category. But let me not spoil everything. Follow me.

The Betrayed in spot #7 in Epic Fantasy category on Amazon.com

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How to stop your alter ego from taking over

How to stop your alter ego from taking over

Two weeks back, we talked about characters. I gave you my opinion on what book protagonists and heroes ought to be like, or rather, what they ought not to be. Normally, my characters tend to be devoid of stereotypes and the usual drama slash flamboyance. And I make sure to have a clear picture of what they should look like before committing them to paper. However, the last article did not address the grave risk of character monotony.

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How I build my characters

How I build my characters

Now that the early promotional fever is somewhat over, I can focus on writing about my writing. It sounds recursive, but then it is not. Indeed, at this point, you may be asking yourselves what else can this site offer other than simple news about the book’s progress. Well, it will not be as hectic as Dedoimedo, but it sure will offer useful, witty articles on the topic of writing now and then, entirely from my personal and biased perspective. And the first one is on characters.

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Books away!

Books away!

About a week and a half ago, I’ve received a nice and heavy package from CreateSpace – the promotional kit. Twenty plus kilograms of paper, just the right figure to make your back hurt ever so slightly. It’s loaded with books that need to be handed out, to friends and family, as well as the winners of the free book giveaway contest.

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